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  • Thumbnail for Wetland
    A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only...
    113 KB (14,460 words) - 02:42, 31 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ramsar Convention
    The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable...
    18 KB (1,016 words) - 14:38, 3 August 2024
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    Bog (redirect from Raised mire)
    A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials – often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four...
    35 KB (3,865 words) - 09:25, 18 July 2024
  • for raised bogs, in the sub-polar zone, north of the 66th latitude in the northern hemisphere. Here, raised bogs only occur as islands within wetlands supplied...
    21 KB (2,928 words) - 11:54, 9 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Wetlands and wetland policies in Canada
    Canadian wetlands account for approximately one quarter of the world's total wetlands and is ranked with the highest surface area of wetlands on the Ramsar...
    43 KB (3,062 words) - 15:41, 11 June 2024
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    Raised bog https://www.env.go.jp/nature/satoyama/22_shizuoka/no22-4.html 生物多様性保全上重要な里地里山(環境省) https://www.env.go.jp/nature/important_wetland/wetland/w284...
    2 KB (180 words) - 22:24, 25 May 2024
  • the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands, recognizing the fundamental ecological functions of wetlands and their economic, cultural, scientific...
    242 KB (220 words) - 17:35, 29 July 2024
  • National Natural Landmark in 1975. The Cabin Creek Raised Bog is an elevated fen, a peat-forming wetland characterized by alkaline water and soil. Its hydrology...
    3 KB (244 words) - 13:41, 10 January 2024
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    Basai wetland, located in Basai village in Gurgaon tehsil in Gurgaon district in Haryana, India, is a flora and fauna rich water body. It is recognised...
    18 KB (1,527 words) - 18:58, 6 August 2023
  • Classification of wetlands has been a problematical task, with the commonly accepted definition of what constitutes a wetland being among the major difficulties...
    6 KB (650 words) - 12:42, 17 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for World Wetlands Day
    that wetlands have had on the world and brings communities together for the benefit of Mother Nature. This day also raises global awareness of wetlands' significant...
    7 KB (633 words) - 16:53, 28 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Wetlands of Louisiana
    The wetlands of Louisiana are water-saturated coastal and swamp regions of southern Louisiana, often called 'Bayou'. The Louisiana coastal zone stretches...
    23 KB (2,941 words) - 23:46, 10 May 2024
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    covered the country, and currently there are around 2.5 million hectares of wetlands in Belarus. Notable swamp regions are Pinsk Marshes and Olmany swamps in...
    32 KB (1,669 words) - 14:36, 26 June 2024
  • A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia (DIWA) is a list of wetlands of national importance to Australia published by the Department of Climate...
    3 KB (350 words) - 10:42, 1 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Kerala backwaters
    conservation and sustainable use of wetlands. Chundan vallams or snake boats are narrowboats over 100 feet (30 m) long, with a raised prow that stands 10 feet (3...
    29 KB (3,162 words) - 17:08, 4 August 2024
  • people also practiced raised-field agriculture on the shore of Lake Texcoco, where these fields were known as chinampas. What is Raised Field Agriculture...
    2 KB (202 words) - 17:39, 23 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for East Kolkata Wetlands
    East Kolkata Wetlands (officially known as East Calcutta Wetlands) (22 0 27’ N 88 0 27’ E), are a complex of natural and human-made wetlands lying east...
    31 KB (4,305 words) - 09:32, 20 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Watervalley Wetlands
    The Watervalley Wetlands is a nationally important wetland system located in the Australian state of South Australia which consists of a series of contiguous...
    7 KB (518 words) - 13:10, 5 January 2024
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    Ladakh. The lake and surrounding area are protected as the Tso Moriri Wetland Conservation Reserve. The lake is at an altitude of 4,522 m (14,836 ft)...
    22 KB (2,379 words) - 23:35, 2 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Morten Wetland
    Instead, Wetland was appointed. Already in December 2007, when it became known that Wetland had applied for the position, the question was raised whether...
    10 KB (1,110 words) - 22:03, 10 March 2023
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